SetSupportActionbar in PreferenceActivity?

Question

I just wrote an appliation which uses a v21 Toolbar instead of the original ActionBar. It works by adding the Toolbar as "setSupportActionBar()".

Now I've created a PreferenceActivity and the problem ist that this Activity doesn't show any ActionBar or Toolbar. How can I add the SupportActionBar to a PreferenceActivity? Here's my base theme:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>
</style>

As You can see the normal windowActionbar was turned off.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 20 '14 at 14:52

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You can create a PreferenceFragment in your ActionBarActivity.

answered Nov 20 '14 at 14:52

Gabriele Mariotti

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I would like to support devices below Android Honeycomb, therefore I have to use PererenceActivities or am I wrong? – user2410644 Nov 20 '14 at 14:54
Yes before api11 you can use a normal PreferenceActivity. – Gabriele Mariotti Nov 20 '14 at 14:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

I was also struggling with this issue. I ended up inflating the Toolbar and adding it to the root layout (https://stackoverflow.com/a/27455330/1889752).

PreferenceActivity

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_settings);

    LinearLayout linearLayout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(android.R.id.list).getParent().getParent().getParent();
    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.tool_bar, linearLayout, false);

    toolbar.setTitle(getString(R.string.settings_header_title));
    linearLayout.addView(toolbar, 0);

    toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            overridePendingTransition(0,0);
            finish();
        }
    });
}

activity_settings.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

<ListView android:id="@android:id/list"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

tool_bar.xml

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@color/blue"
android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark"
app:navigationIcon="?attr/homeAsUpIndicator">

You should have a look at the AppCompatPreferenceActivity

SetSupportActionbar in PreferenceActivity?

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